Rack for feeding-troughs.



W. A. MOCOLLOUGH.y

RACK PORFEEDING TBOUGHS.

APPLIoAT'Iox FILED APR. s, 1901.v

Patnd, sept. 22, 1908.

XYILLIAM A. )ICCOLLOUGIL OF )[ARSHALLTOW, IOWA.'

l RACK Fon FEEDING-TROUGHS.

Specification of Lettersi'Patent.

Application tiled April 5, 190". Serial No. 366,489.

To all 11:71amy it may concern:

Be it known that l, 'ILLIAAI A. MCGN Loren, a citizen of the UnitedStates of Amerie: and l'esident of )larshalltowln arshall county, Iowa,have invented a new and. useful Rack for Feeding-Troughs, of which thefollowing is a speeilication.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for preventingthe entrance of live stock to a feeding trough;

A further object of this invention is to provide. improved means for)ermitting the insert-ion of the snout or head of an animal to a feedingtrough while at the same time the feet and body of the animal areexcluded from said trough.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for hinging arack to a feeding trough whereby said rack may be superposed onthetrough or removed therefrom as desired, conveniently and readily.

A further object of this invent-ion is to provide improved means forhinging and latchmg a rack to a feeding trough whereby said rack isrigidly connected to the trough when superposed thereon.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improvedconstruction for racks for feeding troughs wherein the partition bars ofthe racks are staggered on opposite sides thereof to avoid face to facemeeting of animals feeding therein from opposite sides` thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rack for feedingtroughs made in sections and separately hinged and latched to a troughwhereby a trough of considerable length may be equipped and the racksthereon be readily and conveniently manipulated and adjusted.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is aA planof a complete trough showing a rack formed two sections mounted thereonin position for practical use. Fig. 2 is side elevation of the samedevice. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the. same. device, the dottedlines indicating the position assumed by the rack when turned away fromthe trough.

In the construct-ion of the device as shown, the numeral. 10 designatesa feeding trough which may be of any desired form, but for convenience Ihave shown it rwtangular in elevation and plan. A rack is'pnwided and isformed of marginal bars 11. 12 amd-a median bar 'hetween them. Partitionbars 14 are rigidly connected at their emails tothe marginal har 11 andthe median bam" 13 and other partition bars 15 are rigidly c-:we'inectedat then ends to the marginal bar 1. :and the median bar. The partitionhars E-l .and 15 65 are arranged .in staggered relations so that the smee between two of the bars R4. is opposed by one of the bars 15 andtine reverse. Cross bars 16, 17 connect end portions ofthe marginal bars11, 12 and extend arr-oss the trough 1() at the ends of the-mel;sections. The cross bars 16 and 17 each have downturned end portions,whereby said cross lia' are of ap noximate arch or invertall U-shap andstratldle the trough, the downtrmzned end portions being secured to cachside ihar am ying in contact with the outer faces of the side walls ofthe trough.

The spaces between the partition bars 14 or 15 is suflicient for the'introduction of the head of an animal or fowl for the purpose of feedingfrom the trough but will be determined in respect of the size and typeof animal or fowl -using the trough as that the feet and body ofthefeeder will be exctudlfed from the trough during the operation. of:eat-inv. Strap hinge members 17', 18 are. tired rig.. idly to one wallof the trough 10 amil een-d portions 19, l0 of marginal partition 15 areextended and curved into circ-nier form to pivotal y connect the hingenier-.ib i 7', 18 to the hinge members 19, 20. Trie hinge pins 21, 22may be removed from hinge members to permit the rack to be removed fromthe trough. An angle piaae 23 is mounted on the central )ort-ion of' :befront wall of the trough 1() an( a bail :2 is i ivoted to the centralportion of the marginal bar 11 and is adapted to engage with said hingeplate and prevent accidental oeeilation of the rack.

In practical use the trough is equipped with one or more of the sectionsof marks constructed as above described, the nirnber of sectionsemployed being dependen; on the length of the sections and the le -ofthe trough. The rack sections are :a sted as shown, crossing and archingabove the trough 10 and in such position permit suHiilo , t z' i cientaccess of the feeder to the trough for feeding purposes and exclude theremainder of the feeder. il hen itV is desired to have access to thetrough for the purpose of cleaning` it. or for any other purpose manualforce is applied to release the. bail'24 from the angle plate. 23 andlift the forward portion of ,the

rack. AThis done, the-,rack articulates on the' hinge pins 21, '.22 andmay be turned into the position shown bydotted lilies in Fig. 3 whereitl 'is supported bythe ground or plait.- foinil adjacent the. troughuntil replaced manually iii the initial position shown.

The rack preferably is made of ilat steel bars cut andshaped as desiredand riveted together into the form shown but I do notl dcsirc to beunderstood to limit myself to the preciso construction hereinillustrated and set forth as various inoditications may be employedwithout'departing from the spiritl of my invention. i

I claim as iny invention- In combination, a rectangular box like feedtrough and a skeleton cover hinged to said trough at one side thereofand comprismf?r longitudinal side bars, a longitudinal medianiiar,spaced partition bars connecting said median bar with each side bai'aiid a. straight cross piece coiui'ectmfjr said side bars and havingdownturned end portions secured thereto, said end portions lying inContact,

with the outer faces of the side'ivalls of the trouvh said medianharbeiuv dis )osed above saidsidc bars whereby said cover has an archshaped cross section. I

Signed by nie at Des Moines, Iowa, this twenty sixth day of February,1907.

WI. LLLUI. A. McCOLlOL'Gl-I.-

Witnesses: S. (I. SWEET, Awami ANDERSON.

